EX-23 5 c24898exv23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-68388) on Form S-8 of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. of our report dated March 14, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which report appears in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
March 14, 2008